SYMBOLS OF DEAD HOPE, AND WAYS TO COPE |
Okay, so you're an adult in your mid-forties, and you've got history of psychiatric illness going back more than two decades. Occasionally you stop one of your meds because of ridiculously poor judgme...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:53:00 GMT |
EFFECTIVE ORAL RAPE OF CPR DUMMIES |
As most of you know, I work at a community mental health agency. The agency has a separate "Training Center," where classes are taught to new and current staff members -- various topics like, Crisis M...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:08:00 GMT |
MY LIFE SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL |
A girl I haven't seen since 8th grade found me on Facebook. She asked what I'd been doing since then, so I replied. I kind of thought my reply was a nice summary of my life, so I'm posting it here.Sin...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:36:00 GMT |
TWENTY FIVE THING-A-MA-JIGS |
1. I think free public libaries are our civilization's greatest accomplishment2. My interest in hardcore pornography runs pretty vanilla, actually. Trust me, I feel as lame about that as you do. 3. I ...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:22:00 GMT |
THE UNIVERSE, FREE WILL, AND MILLER LITE |
Do I get drunk on Friday nights because I choose to get drunk, or is it an action that is essentially preordained by experience combined with genetics? It was a typical Friday Night Club debate. By th...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:05:00 GMT |
FOUR YEARS OF INTERNET DATING WEIRDNESS |
I was talking to some coworkers today about my latest dating situation, and they reminded me of some of my earlier misadventures -- the details of which they have very patiently listened to over the p...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:27:00 GMT |
MENTAL HOSPITAL: "DON'T BE A FAGGOT" |
The year was 1985. Sometime in October. I was on a locked psychiatric inpatient unit at Hampstead Hospital in New Hampshire.
Days before my arrival, I had walked from the campus of UMass, where...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:57:00 GMT |
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN DOUGS PATHETIC LIFE!! |
NEW DEVELOPMENT NUMBER ONE:
Doug has been diagnosed with, and prescribed treatment for, ADHD.
What does this mean?Well, most importantly, it means that he can now take dangerous stimulants for the re...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:50:00 GMT |
RUDOLF and SANTA: INTERSPECIES SEX!!!! |
FIVE REASONS CHRISTMAS SUCKS 1. You have to buy presents for people you hate, like family members. Even worse, you buy them for people too bland to be even worthy of hating. 2. Christmas carols on ...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:27:00 GMT |
SOCIALIZED ZOMBIES |
You see them everywhere, and regard them with a mixture of envy and contempt. They never seem awkward, uncomfortable, or agitated. They never wonder what to do with their hands when they're in line ...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:06:00 GMT |
